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A biography of Adolf Hitler published two years before his autobiography Mein Kampf may also have been written by Hitler:
In the early fall of 1923, when Adolf Hitler was still mostly known for his frenzied speeches at Munich beer halls, a slim biography was published that lauded him as the savior of the German nation and even compared him to Jesus. The book, "Adolf Hitler: His Life and His Speeches," was credited to Baron Adolf Victor von Koerber, a German aristocrat and war hero. Scholars have said that Hitler sought Mr. von Koerber out for the biography because he needed a conservative figure without links to the Nazi Party to help legitimize him as a leader.
However, new research says Hitler penned the work himself. This suggests that Hitler had designs on taking power earlier than many historians have previously thought and manipulated public opinion to get there.
"Adolf Hitler: His Life and His Speeches" was published two years before "Mein Kampf," the autobiography and manifesto that historians consider the moment Hitler went from political propagandist to leader in waiting. The von Koerber biography was published shortly before Hitler helped lead a bungled coup in Munich known as the Beer Hall Putsch.
"It's 1923, and Hitler suddenly decides he needs to boost his national profile," said Thomas Weber, a professor of history and international affairs at the University of Aberdeen, in Scotland, who uncovered documents in Mr. von Koerber's archival papers that he argues reveals Hitler as the biography's true author. The documents included a sworn statement by the publisher's widow.
Dusty old Godwin meme.
(Score: 4, Informative) by PartTimeZombie on Monday October 10 2016, @11:50PM
ask them _what_ they dislike about the man and _why_ they dislike him so much. They don't know! Not one of them.
My Dad knew. Because Hitler invaded Poland in 1939 my Father spent the next 6 years fighting across North Africa and Italy.
You can spin it anyway you like, but if Hitler didn't want Lebensraum World War II wouldn't have happened.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 11 2016, @12:43AM
You forgot to mention that Soviet Russia took half of Poland, and had no plans to return it.
Soviet Russia also took Finland, from which it was driven out eventually.
Soviet Russia had bigger plans for the world, and Uncle Joe was getting ready at full speed.
Do you remember the Katyn Forest Massacre?
You father was used by evil powers hell-bent on world domination. Your father fought for the bad guys. Its nothing to be proud of.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Tuesday October 11 2016, @11:06AM
You father was used by evil powers hell-bent on world domination. Your father fought for the bad guys. Its nothing to be proud of.
The previous poster indicated his father fought in North Africa and Italy. The USSR wasn't in either region.
Soviet Russia had bigger plans for the world, and Uncle Joe was getting ready at full speed.
Nuclear weapons changed those plans real fast.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 11 2016, @10:01PM
My father fought in Africa, on the other side. I dunno who are the good guys, but the bad guys do not go fight, they count the money. Make a one article martial law, "who makes one penny or earns a square inch of property from the war gets his head chopped off", if you hate wars.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday October 12 2016, @12:19AM
If your Dad was in the Afrika Korps then my Dad hated him.
It wasn't until 1945 when the Germans were surrendering in droves, that he realised that these young guys were just like him, and he felt guilty about having killed their mates.
Not that he ever told me any of this, but he did talk to my Mother about it. It affected him badly until his death.
(Score: 2) by PartTimeZombie on Wednesday October 12 2016, @12:14AM
British Army, 2nd Parachute Regiment.
Not a USSR unit.